Youngest player to appear in a football (soccer) FIFA World Cup Final

- Who
- Pelé
- What
- 17:249 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- Sweden (Solna)
- When
- 29 June 1958
The youngest player to appear in a FIFA World Cup Final is Pelé (Brazil), aged 17 years 249 days vs Sweden at the Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden, on 29 June 1958.
Pelé also scored in this match therefore becoming the youngest scorer in a World Cup Final, incidentally the record for the Oldest scorer in a final was also broken in this game when Nils Liedholm opened the scoring for Sweden aged 35 yrs 264 days.